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My Beautiful Laundrette My Beautiful Laundrette

My Beautiful Laundrette

A romantic drama set in 1980s London, focusing on the relationship between a young Pakistani man and his old friend, dealing with themes of race, class, and sexuality.

Starring:
  • Saeed Jaffrey
  • Roshan Seth
  • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Gordon Warnecke
  • Derrick Branche
  • Shirley Anne Field
Directed By:
  • Stephen Frears
Written By:
  • Hanif Kureishi

"As Laundrette was the first film I'd written, and I was primarily a playwright, I wrote each scene of the film like a little scene for a play, with the action written like stage directions and with lots of dialogue. Then I'd cut most of the dialogue and add more stage directions, often set in cars, or with people running about, to keep the thing moving, since films required action."

Hanif Kureishi, Writer

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